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Endocrine Disrupter

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/endocrine/index_en.htm This is the Endocrine Disrupters Website and tells how the European Commission uses the precautionary principle to tackle endocrine disrupters

Ecotoxicology

http://www.ipmrc.com/expert/ecotox/index.shtml This website gives an overview of Ecotoxicology in Pest Management. It is both a basic guide to the subject and an information resource for scientists, policy makers and commercial companies on who is doing what, and where in Ecotoxicology.

Ecological Risk Assessment

http://www.aehs.com/journals/humanandecojournal/ This website is about the Human and Ecological Risk Assessment which is the first journal devoted to providing a framework for professionals researching and assessing developments in both human and ecological risk assessments.

Bioaccumulation

http://extoxnet.orst.edu/tibs/bioaccum.htm This website defines bioaccumulation as that it means an increase in the concentration of a chemical in a biological organism over time, compared to the chemical's concentration in the environment.

Emerging Disease

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/ Emerging Infectious Diseases is an online journal that keeps tabs on new emerging diseases, listing the synopses,perspectives, and research on each one.

Pollution

http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html This website describes the different types of air pollution.

Biological Amplification

http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/mainstreetscience/grab_and_go/fishyfoodchainpg.htm This website gives examples of the food chain and says that at each level of the food chain, the concentration of chemical pollutants gets higher. (Scientists call this biological amplification.)

Carcinogen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinogen This website defines the word. In pathology, a carcinogen is any substance or agent that promotes cancer.

Environmental Stressor

http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ccma_stressors.html CCMA's research addresses five major environmental stressors. These are: Pollution, Land and Resource Use, Invasive Species, Climate Change, and Extreme Events.

Red Tides

http://www.whoi.edu/redtide/whathabs/whathabs.html This website is dedicated to the different types of harmful algae."Red Tide" is a common name for such a phenomenon where certain phytoplankton species contain reddish pigments and "bloom" such that the water appears to be colored red.